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DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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mushufasa wrote: post #42
archerx wrote: post #37

On my test computer which is an i7 m620 and no GPU it is very slow and takes the CPU to 100% on all cores while idle. opening a window will just get stuck at "working on it". While it looks nice this has probably been the slowest and least efficient web desktop I have opened on this computer and I have looked at a lot because I am building my own.

To be fair, that is a 12 year old processor, so many modern websites are probably hard

I indeed coded with modern computers/browsers in mind. It's unfortunate to hear someone is siting at "Working on it...", because at least for me on Chrome+Windows at home accessing my production website, it is very quick. I have heard some people also say it's quick, but it is starting to seem like 10% or so are having issues with performance. I could see the wallpaper being an issue. Or the CDN perhaps not having it cached as my web server is slow if it needs to grab from there. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Post by DustinBrett »

pkhodiyar wrote: post #32

I love 'web-desktops' so made a comprehensive Github repo listing 171 such webDesktops that people made using react, angular, electron, or simple HTML. Please have a look here, you will love it : https://github.com/zriyans/awesome-OS

Thanks for doing this pkhodiyar! It's an amazing list and I am honored to be on it!

Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Post by Lerc »

syx wrote: post #62
legrande wrote: post #60

There's a few of these knocking around the web: https://winxp.vercel.app/ https://windows96.net/ https://www.windows93.net/

I keep track of all these web desktops around the web here [1] if you’re interested in a even bigger list :) [1] https://simone.computer/#/webdesktops

With all these I feel like there is an opportunity for a standardized API for client programs.

Web apps running in a frame could postMessage requests for selected services from the desktop environment. It could potentially allow for a app to easily support a large number of different environments.

Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Post by rstat1 »

archerx wrote: post #37

On my test computer which is an i7 m620 and no GPU it is very slow and takes the CPU to 100% on all cores while idle. opening a window will just get stuck at "working on it". While it looks nice this has probably been the slowest and least efficient web desktop I have opened on this computer and I have looked at a lot because I am building my own.

Yea I was also noticing a lot of "Working on it..." showing up, and I'm using a modern machine with an 11th Gen Core i7.

I'm thinking most of the issue might be the wallpaper. Its cool and all, but its a huge CPU drain.

Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Post by AaronAdams »

unixhero wrote: post #33

Is is this a competitor to AaronOS then?

AaronOS dev here. I love the work he did on this, and that mine is considered a source of inspiration.

One thing is certain when comparing the two - I have a LOT to learn from this project. The inspiration goes both ways.

Re: DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser

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Post by zubnix »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #46

I wonder if someone will eventually make a desktop OS that is entirely web-based. No GTK or WinUI - everything is a web app. Except that the DE would also be, technically speaking, a web app itself that shows other web apps. Kind of like this, except imagine if the example apps ("File Explorer") were real web apps loading into the web app desktop environment. I think Firefox OS was the farthest that this got, but I t…

That’s what I am building, except both native and web apps work seamlessly together: https://www.greenfield.app/ https://github.com/udevbe/greenfield https://twitter.com/FriedChicken/status/1420671685485867014?...
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